D’Brickashaw Ferguson: Jets locker room is getting better

Posted by Josh Alper on March 29, 2012, 11:35 AM EDT

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The conventional wisdom is that the Jets are going to be a circus this year thanks to the addition of Tim Tebow.

It’s probably accurate, if a bit hyperbolic given the fact that the Jets have been a circus every year since Rex Ryan came to town. It certainly was a circus at the end of last season with Santonio Holmes fighting with teammates in the huddle before getting sent to the bench in a game the Jets had to win to have a shot at the playoffs. Perhaps the circus will be bigger, but it isn’t going to be anything all that new for Jets who have been with the team for a while.

D’Brickashaw Ferguson is one such Jet and he weighed in on the question Thursday. He acknowledged the same thing that everyone else has said about the team, but added a twist that we haven’t seen yet.

“It’s going to be a bit of a circus atmosphere. But the locker room is getting a lot better,” Ferguson said to Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger.

Ferguson didn’t say whether that was because of Tebow’s arrival or because of other moves the Jets have made this offseason, but living in a circus didn’t seem to hurt the team all that much during Ryan’s first two years on the job. The players have experience with being under the microscope, so that shouldn’t kill their chances at a good season all by itself.

The lack of a consistent pass rusher, poor play at right tackle, a thin group of receivers and major questions about their quarterbacks could do it, but a circus alone probably isn’t enough.

How can he say that the locker room is getting better when the team hasn’t come together yet…we know it’s going to be a circus because of the media around Tebow and that doesn’t suggest any QB controversy!

The Jets locker room improved drastically as soon as everyone left for the offseason. This, I believe.

romeisburningtfb says:Mar 29, 2012 12:19 PM

Well yeah, it is probably fine because no one is in it right now. It’s March.

3yrsnfl says:Mar 29, 2012 12:19 PM

The locker room was great the first two years with vets like Tony Richardson, Damien Woody, Shawn Ellis. The Jets proved that by winning big games. You can’t do that unless you have a good team atmosphere. Which they proved last year when the talent was good enough to make the playoffs but the attitude was lacking.

jimbo75025 says:Mar 29, 2012 12:19 PM

Well, sometimes you hit rock bottom. From there, no place to go but up.

eaglesnoles05 says:Mar 29, 2012 12:19 PM

It’s about time someone in NYJ’s locker-room starting saying this, even if it’s a straight up lie.

edgarprado says:Mar 29, 2012 12:20 PM

Is the locker room even open? WTF?

weepingjebus says:Mar 29, 2012 12:29 PM

Tebow shall soothe these troubled waters. The meek shall inherit the turf. The lamb shall lie down with the fat braying coach.

jacktheripper559 says:Mar 29, 2012 12:43 PM

If Jets fans are tired of hearing about their team just tell the players and the coach to SHUT UP!

How long until the jets realize that they should just keep their mouths shut when the media baits them? I’m guessing they never realize it considering how loose of a ship Rex has been running during his tenure. Now you guys don’t like the attention? Boohoo jets and jets fans, these headlines are the other side of the double edged sword. Stop feeding the media! Actually keep doing it and have fun with an 8-8 season marked by negative headlines

Id rather see this circus come to charlotte than Ringling Bros. Tebow can unite locker rooms against fellow QB’s ( Orton ), but for some reason Sanchez is liked by his teammates, so I see Tebow tearing the locker room in two. Pat Robertson has also prayed for serious injury to Sanchez as well as Manning on behalf of god ( Tebow ).

Wow, if Jets fans can’t take what’s being written now, what are they gonna do when Dirty Sanchez throws 3 pick sixes in a game, and the crowd starts chanting for Tebow in the new Giants stadium. Good luck Jet fans!

1st I would like to know why all these guys are hanging around the locker room during the off season AND IF hanging around the locker room during the off season is encouraged by the jets- OF COURSE things are getting better- although it might cause more problems down the road.

This is either good news or strange and kinky news. Havent figured it out yet